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Homeschool games promote learning and family bonding. They are a great way to build language, mathematical and thinking skills, and they also teach good character.

Here are some tips for choosing fun and educational homeschool games!

Choosing Homeschool Games

Playing games is a great way add fun to your homeschooling curriculum. Games teach sportsmanship, decision making and perserverance. They also reinforce educational concepts. Consider adding these types of games to your home school schedule:

Pen and paper games like soduku, hangman, crossword puzzles and word searches can serve as inexpensive vocabulary exercises and critical thinking activities.
Card games build number skills and aid with memory development. Cards are highly portable and can be used in a variety of ways.
Puzzles improve visual discrimination, and can reinforce learning in subjects like anatomy and geography. They are great cooperative activity for family members of all ages.
Trivia games are great for reviewing vocabulary words, Bible verses and other types of factual information. These homeschool games also help improve memory and recall.
Charades, pictionary and other action games get family members up and moving. These games help children feel comfortable in front of a crowd and promote bonding among team members.
Board games are a favorite in every family. They are great for building math, language and critical thinking skills. You can find inexpensive board games at garage sales and thrift stores.
Chess helps students develop logical thinking and problem solving skills, and increases performance in math and science. It is also believed to boost a student's IQ.

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Family Game Nights

Set aside one evening per week to have a game night for family members of all ages. Order pizza, make your favorite dessert, or pop popcorn. Play fun music, and let younger ones stay up later than usual. These nights will give your children something to look forward to and memories they will have forever.

Alternate between cooperative and competitive games. Cooperative games have no winners or losers, and promote bonding and teamwork among family members. Competitive games teach children to be good winners and losers. They encourage good sportsmanship and encourage children to work towards a goal.

Include everyone in your game nights by choosing games that cater to different interests and age levels. Let younger children sit in your lap or move playing pieces. Have older children engage younger siblings in a game of memory or bingo.

If you need help choosing homeschool games for the younger ones in your family, take a look at my favorite preschool educational games.

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This free YouTube video will point you in the direction of resources and information to help you learn to play chess.

Homeschool Game Reviews

Homeschool Game Reviews: Are you looking for homeschool games to use in your home school? Here are some homeschool game reviews that were written by other homeschoolers!

Check out these links for more family fun!

Homeschoolopoly: A Monopoly style game made just for homeschoolers. You can "keys to knowledge" or "go on a field trip." Just don't get stuck paying school tax!
Scavenger Hunt Fun: Get your family up and moving with an indoor or outdoor scavenger hunt. This website provides information that makes planning easy.
U.S. Playing Card: Have you forgotten the rules and directions to your favorite card games? You can look them up in no time at U.S. Playing Card.
Championship Chess: This site sells books, videos and resources to help members of your family learn to play and enjoy the game of chess.

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iijuan12 Jul 30, 2011 @ 10:45 pm | delete

We love playing educational games! I especially love games by Learning Resources. I have used a number of their games to teach and reinforce math skills, and my children really look forward to learning this way.

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Sep 4, 2010 @ 7:50 am | delete

Thumbs up!
Great lens... very informative. Thanks for the good read.
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proposalmngt Mar 30, 2010 @ 7:48 am | delete

Wow! What nice lens. Really I like Homeschool Game very much. Suduku, Chess and playing with various intelligent mathematical terms I like best. Important information supplied.

Thanks.